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Southall Community Alliance (SCA) is a charity that has been working in Southall for
over 30 years. We seek an enthusiastic and experienced Operations & Capacity
Building Manager to oversee the project work of our charity over the next two years.
We are looking for a candidate with excellent interpersonal skills, community
engagement and fundraising experience and the confidence to manage and deliver
projects that will extend our work and enhance local networks.
You will report to the SCA Director and be part of the growing SCA staff team.
Title: Operations & Capacity Building Manager
Salary: £36,000 per annum
Duration: Full time, two year fixed term contract, with the possibility of an
extension subject to review.
Location : Southall Town Hall, 1 High Street, Southall, UB1 3HA
Annual leave : 25 days
Job Description
1) Managing delivery of SCA’s funded projects and project related staff
2) Community outreach and engagement with a diverse range of residents and
stakeholders
3) Work with adults and young people to arrange training on community
campaigning, capacity building and equality issues
4) Promoting work on social media or website to share good practice and case
studies
5) Arranging arts and creative activities to engage young people
6) Prepare publicity to promote awareness of activities arranged in partnership
with statutory and community based partners
7) Preparing agendas, minutes and other relevant materials relating to SCA
projects
8) Supporting the recruitment and supervision of volunteers
9) Provide support for preparing monitoring, performance and evaluation reports
relating to project activities
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10) Identify and apply for funding opportunities to sustain SCA projects and core
work
11) To ensure inclusion and diversity in all aspects of SCA’s operation and work
12) To report to the SCA Board of trustees and advisory boards, as required
13) To undertake other such duties as may be assigned by the SCA Director from
time to time
To bring together voluntary and community groups, businesses and local residents in Southall to address the social, cultural, religious & local needs.


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We’re seeking an experienced and visionary Fundraising Database and Insights Lead.
This is a strategic, high-impact role for a data-driven expert who can unlock insights to maximise supporter engagement and drive income growth.
You will ensure the quality, accuracy and strategic use of data to define clear strategies that sharpen targeting, deepen donor relationships, and enhance campaign performance.
You will support the implementation of a brand-new CRM system, own responsibility for the management and overall health of our supporter data, generate fundraising output data and analyse the effectiveness of our fundraising efforts.
From AI-driven analytics to performance dashboards and predictive modelling – this is a hands-on role where your insights will directly fuel mission impact.
This is an exciting role for someone with a passion for leading data-driven, insight-led fundraising activities, and for a person who loves to champion best practice in data management and governance.
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The Bikeability Trust is entering a new exciting phase of our strategy to 2035 to ensure more children can cycle with confidence. A year into our strategy we have reviewed Executive Team roles and responsibilities and are now looking for a creative Communications and Fundraising Director to lead our mission driven communications, income generation and impact reporting functions.
You will be an experience senior leader in communications, who has the drive to take our strategy to the next level. A key member of the Executive Team, working across the home based diverse staff team to bring together the impact of our work through corporate communications and influencing. We recommend reading our annual reviews on the Bikeability website to see a flavour of the work you could be leading.
Our income generation work is focussed on small impactful corporate partnerships, we have tested some individual giving and are planning to host a fundraising Ball in 2026. Experience in fundraising is desirable, with communications experience as essential as this role will ensure strong relationships with Government.
If you would like to have a short discussion with the CEO before applying please contact Emily Cherry CEO. We are looking to interview shortlisted candidates on the 23rd or 25th February. We are looking for a candidate to start from 1st April or sooner.
Equipping more than five million children with the skills and confidence to cycle on today’s roads
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At the heart of Starlight’s fundraising and marketing strategy is a focus on building lasting, meaningful and relevant relationships with our supporters. We are committed to demonstrating the importance and value of every contribution, and to ensuring that every interaction with Starlight is positive, personal and professional.
The Supporter Care Coordinator plays a vital role in supporting all areas of fundraising and marketing by acting as a central point of contact for our supporters. You will ensure that every supporter experience reflects Starlight’s values, balancing warmth and empathy with accuracy, efficiency and strong processes.
You’ll enjoy talking to supporters, taking time to understand them, listening to what matters to them and making sure they feel genuinely valued and appreciated. You’ll also take pride in Starlight’s reputation for excellent supporter care and will be motivated to deliver high standards of customer service while ensuring donations and data are handled accurately, securely and in line with agreed processes.
This role offers the opportunity to develop your fundraising knowledge and skills, supporting a wide range of fundraising activity including individual giving, community and challenge events, corporate partnerships, legacies and in-memory giving, and trusts and foundations. With your experience and expertise, you will help ensure we deliver consistently positive, timely and well-managed supporter interactions that contribute to supporter retention and long-term income growth.
Please apply for this role via Charity Jobs with your CV accompanied by a supporting statement which demonstrates how your experience matches the person specification and highlights your most relevant, recent experience for this role. In your application, we’d love to hear about what inspires you about Starlight’s purpose, beliefs and values with a statement that is very personal to you and gives us an insight into who you are, and how you would contribute to Starlight’s success with your experience, expertise and approach.
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Reporting to the Interim CEO, you will ensure robust financial management, effective governance, and organisational resilience. You will lead the finance function, overseeing budget monitoring, forecasting, management accounts, financial modelling, and compliance, while working closely with senior leaders to support income generation, grant management, and strategic decision-making. Alongside this, you will oversee core operational functions, including assisting with company secretarial duties, contracts management, data protection, and business continuity planning.
You will be a fully qualified CCAB accountant with significant senior finance leadership experience in the charity or not-for-profit sector, strong governance knowledge, and a collaborative, solutions-focused approach. Experience of leading teams, working with auditors and suppliers, and supporting fundraising activity is essential.
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The Partnerships Manager will play a pivotal role in delivering the Multibank’s strategy. They will forge new relationships with donor/supplier businesses and develop existing relationships to maximum effect.
This role focuses on:
- Proven experience of managing and growing corporate partnerships, ideally within the charity sector
- A strong track record of managing high-value partnerships and complex stakeholder relationships
- Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior business leaders
- Leadership experience, with the ability to motivate and support others
- A collaborative, strategic and commercially minded approach
You’ll bring:
- Proven experience of securing and growing corporate partnerships, ideally within the charity sector
- A strong track record of managing high-value partnerships and complex stakeholder relationships
- Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior business leaders
- A collaborative, strategic and commercially minded approach
You will be skilled at:
- Negotiating and finalising supplier and donor partnerships
- Project management and event organisation including large scale events at high profile venues
- Working through partnerships, intermediaries and networks to achieve scale.
You will have a passion for tackling poverty, particularly child poverty, and a strong interest in fighting pollution.
This role can be based in Fife hub or from home or a hybrid of those and will involve visiting the individual Multibanks and our partners throughout the UK.
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We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Premises Officer to join our Putney School of Art and Design team at Enable!
About Us
Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community.
At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best.
Reports to: Operations Manager
Based: Putney School of Art and Design
Salary: London Living Wage - £13.85 (£15.52 Inclusive of A/L)
Contract: Casual
Work Arrangement: 2 Evenings per week minimum, On-site
DBS: Enhanced with Children
Role Overview:
Reporting to the Operations Manager, The Premises Officer will be responsible for the security of the building and the safety of staff and learners, when on duty. The post is to cover evening shifts at the school, 5-10pm during the term dates and various additional hours to cover annual leave out of term dates, including the weekends.
The team at PSAD are passionate about connecting the community through culture, art and design, making it affordable and accessible for all. Today, managed by Enable and firmly rooted in the community, the school offers art and design courses, including specialised courses like the Art and Design Diploma, a Family Learning programme where parent and child can learn and work together, and courses for young people.
Main Duties/Responsibilities
- Set up studios as required, directed by the Operations Manager or the Curriculum Manager.
- As directed, maintains the security of the School and the safety applying the closed down procedure at the end of each day , students and staff have safe access, unexpected visitors and contractors show identification and sign a visitor book; reports all incidents e.g. security breaches, threatening behaviour, theft to the Operations Manager or the most senior officer on duty.
- Ensure all of the facilities, studios and teaching spaces are prepared ready for each class throughout the School's opening hours e.g. putting away equipment, cables, turning off heaters, clearing studios of rubbish, emptying bins, any cleaning as required during operational hours.
- Assumes full responsibility for the building and the safety of students in the absence of more senior staff, contacting the Key Holder (Operations Manager/Head of School) in the case of an emergency.
- Assists the Operations Manager with minor repairs as required.
- Assists with the delivery, unpacking and storing of stock and stores.
- Operate the school Art Shop and sell a range of art materials to students at designated hours, and refreshments to students in the evenings and at weekends, if required.
- Handles cash accurately, including use of cash tills and credit card payments, maintaining security of cash and stock at all times.
- Assist and contribute to key school events including operational tasks related to them such as setting up exhibitions, and technical support for tutors in using IT facilities for teaching and learning equipment.
- General administrative and operational duties including taking payments from students for fees and materials, using the school MIS system to enrols students, ensuring that all details are inputted correctly to ensure accurate record keeping and check course information on the school website and make necessary updates.
- To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities within the overall function, as directed by the Head of School.
The successful candidate will have
- Competent IT knowledge & skills
- Experience of working in a school and / or customer care
- Awareness of the importance of Health and Safety
- Willingness to be flexible to help meet urgent and important business deadlines
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Can prioritise own workload with good time management abilities.
- Can work under pressure to meet the needs of the school business.
- Ability to problem-solve and make decisions when needed.
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them! If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts.
Join Racing Welfare as Head of Fundraising and Make a Lasting Impact!
Are you an ambitious, results-driven fundraising leader with a passion for making a difference? Racing Welfare is looking for an exceptional Head of Fundraising to join our senior management team and take the helm of a thriving, high-performance fundraising operation. This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to shape the future of British horseracing’s charitable support, driving growth and innovation in a vital sector.
About Racing Welfare:
Racing Welfare is a registered charity dedicated to supporting the workforce of British horseracing – from stud, stable, and racecourse staff to those in related professions. Our mission is to help these dedicated individuals thrive in their careers and lives, offering guidance, practical assistance, and support throughout their journey – from recruitment to retirement.
The Role:
As Head of Fundraising, you will play a central role in Racing Welfare’s strategic direction and growth. You’ll work closely with the Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer to craft and execute an ambitious fundraising strategy that delivers innovative income streams to fund our vital services. You’ll lead, inspire, and develop a talented team, empowering them to deliver outstanding fundraising initiatives and events that drive real change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop & Deliver Fundraising Strategy: Work with senior leadership to shape the charity’s fundraising vision, ensuring the strategy aligns with our wider goals and drives long-term sustainability.
- Innovative Fundraising Campaigns: Create and implement engaging campaigns, managing budgets and evaluating performance to optimise success.
- Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and motivate a high-performing fundraising team, supporting their professional growth and achieving collective goals.
- Building Strategic Partnerships: Cultivate relationships with trusts, foundations, and corporate partners to build lasting, mutually beneficial collaborations.
- Drive Operational Excellence: Oversee day-to-day fundraising operations, ensuring smooth management of income, expenditure, and compliance.
You Will Bring:
- Proven experience in fundraising or commercial management, with a track record of successfully recruiting donors and sponsors.
- A natural leader with exceptional people management skills, able to inspire and empower teams to excel.
- Solid experience in budgeting, financial planning, and performance management.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and motivate diverse stakeholders.
- A passion for innovation and the ability to think strategically about fundraising opportunities.
Bonus: Experience in the horseracing industry is desirable, but not essential.
Why Racing Welfare?
This is your chance to take on a leadership role in a respected and impactful charity. You’ll be part of a passionate team, working in a dynamic environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth. The role offers flexibility with the option to work from home or our Newmarket office, alongside occasional travel across the UK (including evenings and weekends).
As a charity, wellbeing is at the forefront of all we do. We aim to be a leading employer in the industry and make sure everyone at Racing Welfare has the opportunity to thrive.
If you’re ready to make a significant contribution to the future of Racing Welfare and help improve the lives of those who dedicate themselves to British horseracing, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply Today:
Submit your CV and covering letter to join Racing Welfare and lead our fundraising efforts to new heights.
We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. The closing date for this role is 16 February 2026. First stage interviews will be held the week commencing 23 February 2026 in person in Newmarket. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive a large number of suitable applications.
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 DOE
Racing Welfare is committed to safeguarding and will always recruit all personnel in line with government guidelines, relevant legislation, and the Charity Commission's best practice guidance.
This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We only ask applicants to disclose convictions which are not yet spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Racing Welfare’s Safeguarding Statement of Intent can be found on our website.
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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Communications to come and join our team providing maternity cover until January 2027 during a period of organisational growth.
Location – This role is mainly working from home with one day a week in our London office (usually a Monday). Occasional travel to our other programme sites (currently Stoke-On-Trent, Redcar, Middlesbrough and Scotland) will also be required.
Salary – Circa £60,000
Employment Type – Fixed term until January 2027, 35 hours per week
Team – Communications team
About you
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate the following:
· Strong experience in strategic communications, ideally within a start-up, growing, complex or place-based organisation.
· Experience setting up and embedding communications functions, including establishing foundations and building approaches as priorities evolve.
· Significant experience in people leadership, including developing others and building a strong, collaborative working culture.
· Experience influencing senior stakeholders and working with an SLT, including supporting government policy, media, funding and influence related activity.
· Strong content, storytelling and copywriting expertise and the ability to communicate a clear organisational narrative.
About the role
The responsibilities of this role include:
· Overseeing and ensuring the delivery of national and local communications strategies and plans, including national content activity and priority local campaigns and stakeholder engagement.
· Leading the set-up and embedding of new place-based communications functions.
· Leading and overseeing the planning and delivery of Thrive at Five’s 2026 Impact Report, communications relating to evaluations and learning, and our fifth-year anniversary, working closely with evaluation and fundraising colleagues.
· Maintaining and strengthening relationships with key national and local stakeholders in line with our communications strategy and goals.
· Providing professional and operational leadership and coaching to the wider Communications team to ensure they deliver to a high standard.
About us
Thrive at Five is a national charity focused on giving every child the best possible start in life. We know the foundations for life and learning are built in the earliest years, from pregnancy to five. By working alongside families, communities and local partners, we help build stronger, more connected support for parents, so more children get what they need to thrive and reach a good level of development by age five.
Thrive at Five is a relatively young organisation but with an already strong national and political profile, having been called out in Parliament for our ways of working in Stoke-on-Trent and invited to be interviewed at the 2025 Civil Society Summit by the Secretary of State for Education. We have grown rapidly in our first four years, with a growing team of nearly 40 across the country. 2026 will be a year of further growth and milestones for the charity as we celebrate our fifth-year anniversary and expand into our third and fourth regions. This will involve recruiting for a new teams, establishing our programmes and beginning to co-design and implement our work in partnership with communities.
About our benefits
· Pension contributions – We will contribute 3% and you can contribute 5% towards your pension through NEST.
· Hybrid working with one anchor day a week in our central London office near to Victoria train station, coach station and underground.
· 25 annual leave days per year plus bank holidays.
· In addition to your laptop and phone provided by us, you can also receive a £100 contribution towards your home-working set up.
· £100 contribution towards your professional body membership
Please note that as this role is subject to a successful Basic Level Disclosure check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). If you have any unspent convictions, but wish to apply for this role, please advise us in your application. The successful candidate will also need to provide satisfactory references and current right to work in the UK.
To apply for this role, please submit your cover letter and CV by following the Apply Now button. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as they are received. While the closing date is midnight on Wednesday, 18 February 2026, we may close the vacancy earlier if a suitable candidate is identified.
Digital Officer
We are seeking a creative and driven Digital Officer to grow brand awareness and supporter engagement for an international environmental charity working to protect rainforests and support local communities.
Position: Digital Officer
Salary: £32,000 per annum
Location: Remote (UK) with quarterly travel to Cornwall for team meetings
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Monday 23rd February
About the Role
This role sits within the Marketing and Communications team and plays a key part in delivering the organisation’s digital marketing strategy. You will work across social media, website, email and digital campaigns, helping to create engaging content that inspires people to take action.
Working closely with the Marketing and Communications Manager, you will help increase reach, engagement and supporter growth across all digital platforms.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting delivery of the digital marketing strategy and KPIs
- Monitoring digital trends and identifying new opportunities
- Creating engaging content for social media, website, email and campaigns
- Producing visual assets and short form video content
- Leading on organic social media content and community management
- Supporting planning and content for paid digital campaigns
- Managing and updating website content using a CMS
- Supporting website optimisation including SEO, accessibility and user journeys
- Writing, building and scheduling email campaigns
- Creating marketing automations where appropriate
- Monitoring performance across digital channels and producing reports
- Making data led recommendations for improvement and testing new approaches
About You
You will be creative, analytical and passionate about digital communications.
You will have:
- Experience managing digital channels across social, web and email
- Experience creating content using tools such as Canva or similar
- Strong copywriting skills for different digital formats
- Experience using CMS platforms, particularly WordPress
- Experience using email marketing systems
- Confidence using analytics tools and interpreting performance data
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively
- Excellent time and task management skills
- A commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- A genuine interest in, and commitment to, the humanitarian and environmental principles of the charity
It would be great (but not essential) if you also have:
- Spanish language skills
- Experience working in environmental, climate or international development sectors
Benefits
- Flexible working with opportunities to work remotely and from the office
- Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 wellbeing support
- Learning and development budget and access to training
- Generous annual leave and enhanced family leave policies
- Paid time off for volunteering and payroll giving scheme
- Supportive, inclusive and values driven working culture
About the Organisation
This organisation works in partnership with Indigenous and local communities to protect rainforests and strengthen resilience against environmental threats. Their work combines local leadership with data and funding to create lasting impact.
They are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and operate strong safeguarding practices across their work.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Digital Marketing Officer, Content Officer, Communications Officer, Social Media Officer, Marketing Executive, Digital Communications Officer, Campaigns Officer. #INDNFP
If this role sounds like a good match for your skills and values, we would love to hear from you!
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Charity Director
£60,000 per annum (full-time equivalent) actual salary £36,000 per annum
24 hours per week (0.6 FTE)
Fixed-term (6 months), with the intention to extend subject to funding and mutual agreement
Primarily remote with occasional visits to AVPB’s central London premises
Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is an international movement that started in the 1970s in the American prison system. AVP Britain (AVPB) is one of multiple independent branches which operate around the globe. A registered national charity, AVP Britain is committed to a world where everyone has the courage and capacity to manage conflict non-violently.
We provide experiential workshops in-person and online; and distance learning courses which give people the necessary skills to navigate conflict non-violently and empower them to build better relationships.
AVPB is a small but impactful charity with a long history of working in communities and prisons across the UK. We are entering an important next phase in our development and are seeking a Charity Director who can provide strategic and operational leadership, strengthen our financial sustainability, increase our visibility and impact across the communities we serve, and steward our mission with clarity and care.
The Charity Director is the leader of our charity and is the most senior paid role within AVPB. The successful candidate will play a central role in shaping the organisation’s present and future.
We are looking for a Charity Director who provides leadership that encompasses income generation, fundraising, oversight of our programme quality and delivery, leads and supports our support staff, volunteers, and facilitators and will works closely with the Board of Trustees.
This is a part-time role (0.6 FTE, 24 hours per week), offering flexibility and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a values-led organisation. This is initially a fixed-term appointment for six months, with the intention to extend subject to funding and mutual agreement.
How to apply
Application is by way of a CV and a Supporting Statement.
Closing date: Midnight 10th March 2026
Specific responsibilities
Supporter care, stewardship and engagement
- Recruit, manage and support guests attending Back Up’s high-profile special events, delivering a seamless and memorable experience from invitation to follow-up.
- Work closely with the Partnerships Team to engage, steward and strengthen relationships with corporate partners and sponsors connected to special events.
- Recruit, develop and manage a dedicated team of volunteers, supporting them in line with Back Up’s volunteering policy and ensuring they feel confident, motivated and appreciated.
- Partner with the Finance team to ensure robust, efficient processes are in place to handle income, process donations and thank supporters promptly and accurately.
- Support Event Committee members by coordinating meetings, preparing agendas and minutes, and enabling committees to play a meaningful role in the success of events.
- Build strong relationships with the Services Team to recruit people with spinal cord injury, along with their family and friends, to engage with and benefit from our special events programme.
Operational Events Co-ordination and Support
- Deliver the operational coordination of Special and Cultivation events, including managing enquiries, fundraising communications and timely supporter thank-yous.
- Prepare and maintain detailed risk assessments with the Special Events Manager to ensure safe and professional event delivery.
- Manage and build strong relationships with key suppliers and service providers.
- Work with the Communications Team to deliver creative marketing and communications plans that grow audiences and raise awareness of events.
- Support the Special Events Manager to develop and deliver the annual special events fundraising plan, contributing to budgets and KPIs to increase income and reach.
- Proactively identify and develop new and existing Special and Cultivation event opportunities.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all supporter, guest and volunteer interactions on the database.
- Keep up to date with fundraising best practice and sector standards.
- Provide regular reporting to the Special Events Manager, including progress against KPIs and budgets.
- Undertake other duties as required to support the Special Events programme.
Key stakeholders: Fundraisers, Corporate supporters, Special event suppliers, Back Up staff, committees, volunteers and trustees
At Back Up, our vision is a world where everyone affected by spinal cord injury can reach their full potential.

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Ataxia UK is in an exciting phase of expansion in its Fundraising activity, specifically regarding investment in a Philanthropy function with a dedicated member of staff. In the past, High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) have been managed reactively by the CEO and other Fundraising staff as opportunities have arisen. Ataxia UK (AUK) now wants to make a step change, in response to identified potential within the current fundraising landscape, towards strategic management of a pipeline of HNWI. As part of this, AUK is looking to engage a consultant on a fixed term contract, to work closely with the Senior Philanthropy Manager to undertake comprehensive research & scoping, in order to populate a HNWI pipeline for AUK.
Please note, due to the large number of applications we receive, you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.
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Job Title: People Development Manager (Job Share)
Location: Homeworking with a requirement to occasionally work at Head Office (Vauxhall, London)
Salary: £23,036 per annum, pro rata based on an FTE salary of £57,590 per annum. (Inclusive of London Weighting, which may not be applicable depending on your home location and any agreed permanent homeworking arrangement)
Contract type: Part Time, Fixed Term (1 year)
Hours: 15 hours per week (Wednesday's and Friday's as part of a job share)
We are now seeking a People Development Manager (Job Share) to join our People & Culture team and help us strengthen learning, development, and organisational capability across Refuge.
As People Development Manager, you will play a key role in delivering effective, compliant, and customer-focused People services that help colleagues perform at their best and support Refuge’s strategic objectives.
Working collaboratively with managers and your job-share partner, you will shape and deliver an organisation-wide training and learning offer that meets diverse needs, supports professional growth, and enhances our inclusive culture.
You will lead on the development of our newly implemented learning system, our evaluation framework and monitoring and developing our apprenticeship scheme. Alongside your job share partner and the Deputy Director of People & Culture, you will help develop our new learning strategy.
You will be part of a supportive People & Culture team committed to positive change and continuous improvement. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to shape meaningful development initiatives that help colleagues grow and ensure Refuge remains a great place to work.
Closing Date: 09:00 am 12 February 2026
Interview Date: 19 February 2026
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Fundraiser - Third Party Events
Directorate: Engagement and Fundraising
Team/Department (if specific): Philanthropy and Partnerships - Mass Participation Team
Context and Background
The NSPCC's mission is to end cruelty to children. In order to carry out its charitable work, we rely on the fundraising support of people across the UK for 90% of its annual income. Within Income Generation, our aim is to provide maximum resources for the NSPCC and children by working together to create the best possible donor experience by building long -term relationships to create a supporter experience which is different, better and more rewarding than that of supporting any other charity.
The Mass Participation Team (MPT) is an important part of the Philanthropy and Partnerships department within the Engagement and Fundraising directorate. MPT is responsible for attracting new supporters through our mass participation events and products to maximise fundraised income, and to optimise onward journeys to retain supporters within the NSPCC family.
The Mass Participation Team focuses on three areas of fundraising;
- Third party events – sporting and challenge events organised by third party suppliers, where we market spaces, recruit participants and support them in raising money in aid of the NSPCC. For example, the TCS London Marathon, Cardiff Half Marathon, Ultra Challenge series, skydives, bespoke treks.
- Schools Fundraising – a suite of fundraising products tailored to schools across all educational settings, including Number Day, the Kindness Challenge and Classmaster.
- DIY fundraising – supporters who choose to organise their own fundraising event or activity. Whether they take part with family or friends, at work or at school, we support them through stewardship and fundraising materials to help them reach their fundraising goals.
Job purpose
The role of the Fundraiser is to manage a number of events in the third party events portfolio. The Fundraiser will be responsible for working as a proactive member of the team to ensure that the participation levels and net income from each event/activity are maximised. The key aspects of the role are:
- To project manage specific event activities, co -ordinate cross fundraising activity, develop materials, keep track of budgets and evaluate as appropriate
- To develop specific activities and build existing activities to increase participation and income.
- Work closely with the team manager to identify and implement new opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness.
- Work as part of the Mass Participation Team to deliver the overall department objectives.
- Evaluate the performance of specific activities and to provide financial information as required.
- To work to deliver the agreed departmental strategy, goals and standards in line with business requirements.
- To work effectively with other departments in Fundraising and other functions within the NSPCC to maximise income.
Key relationships - Internal
- Reports to Fundraising Manager – Third Party Events team
- Mass Participation Team colleagues
- Work closely with colleagues in Engagement and Fundraising teams to develop opportunities, supporters and fundraising initiatives.
- Work with staff in other NSPCC functions such as Brand and Content , Digital, Data and Analytics , Volunteer Recruitment and Marketing, as necessary to further fundraising relationships.
Key relationships - External
- Works with a range of NSPCC event participants and potential supporters, including corporate partners, major donors and volunteer fundraising boards .
- Works with a range of event providers, agencies and other suppliers that support fundraising relationships and activity.
Main duties and responsibilities
- To maximise income by engaging, managing and inspiring NSPCC event participants and event enquirers.
- To use creative and engaging methods of communication including written and verbal communications in pre-event, event and post event activities, that fit with wider audience journeys and experiences.
- To be responsible for delivering a supporter event experience that surpasses supporters’ expectations in order to maximise opportunities.
- To ensure maximised effectiveness and efficiency of sporting events by planning and best practice
- To proactively improve and capture knowledge and understanding of event participants through developing the NSPCC relationship with them, delivering greater insight that can be used to further develop supporter relationships to deliver increased lifetime value across all forms of support.
- To research and develop fundraising opportunities in sporting events both by reviewing NSPCC activities and the activities of other charities.
- To carry out research through a range of sources, to obtain relevant information that can contribute to improving event promotion effectiveness, the event participant experience, maximising participant sponsorship income and repeat participation levels.
- Work with their manager, to devise, agree and deliver particular aspects of the Mass Participation Team’s annual business plan and budget to enable the NSPCC to plan its activity and services.
- To work with fundraisers and staff in other departments to maximise relationships with NSPCC supporters.
- To be the contact for agencies and other suppliers who support fundraising, ensuring appropriate agreements are in place and that goods/services are delivered as agreed.
Responsibilities for all Staff within the Income Generation directorate
- To be responsible for updating databases and supporter information systems on a regular basis in line with Data Protection legislation and NSPCC policy and procedures to ensure all records are up -to-date and accurate.
- To lead regular team meetings and actively participate in department meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to the NSPCC’s development of fundraising activities.
- To maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
- To take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with NSPCC work to end cruelty to children, including securing updates on project and service developments and general NSPCC news and also ensuring that the fundraising team does likewise
- A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
Person specification
- Mass participation fundraising events experience, including budget management, event delivery and marketing
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills to deliver fundraising and training content, ideas and activity updates to a range of audiences in a clear, inspiring and confident way.
- Well-developed ability to build, manage and develop relationships with individuals within an organisation and externally and achieve objectives through these relationships.
- Ability to successfully negotiate with others to achieve desired outcomes.
- Proven ability to work with and through other teams and departments to maximise results for an organisation.
- Well-developed numeracy skills for entering, recording, interpreting, analysing and presenting financial data in clear and accurate format.
- Proven ability of demonstrating initiative and creativity to achieve desired outcomes.
- Ability to collect and analyse data, identify opportunities and evaluate their viability
- Ability to plan, monitor and implement projects/events/initiatives to agreed deadlines often with conflicting priorities.
- Ability to work organise and plan own work, identifying conflicting demands and establishing clear priorities in order to meet agreed objectives.


